Introduction to transportation systems
CIVIL-355
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Moodle for the course CIVIL-355: Introduction to transportation systems.
The course takes place every Wednesday from 14:15 to 16:00 (lectures) and from 16:15 to 17:00 (exercises) in GC B330.
The final written exam (Multiple Choice Questions) will take place on May 28, 2025.
19 February: Introduction
- Introduction (File)
- Fundamentals (File)
- Introduction - Exercises (File)
- Introduction - Solutions (File)
26 February: Fundamentals
- Fundamentals (File)
- Fundamentals - Exercises (File)
- Fundamentals - Solutions (File)
- Fundamentals - Additional exercises (File)
- Fundamentals - Additional exercises solutions (File)
5 March: Modeling
- Value of Time (File)
- Modeling I (File)
- Value of Time - Exercises (File)
- Value of Time - Solutions (File)
12 March: Modeling
- Modeling II (File)
- Modeling III (File)
- Modeling - Exercises (File)
- Modeling - Solutions (File)
- Modeling - Additional exercises (File)
- Modeling - Solutions additional (File)
19 March: Travel demand
26 March: Network + Travel demand
2 April: Mode choice + assignment
- Four-step model (File)
- Assignment (File)
- Four-step model - Exercises (File)
- Four-step model - Solutions (File)
9 April: Assignment
16 April: Congestion pricing
- Congestion pricing (File)
- Congestion pricing - Exercises (File)
- Congestion pricing - Solutions (File)
- Ted talk: How to solve traffic jams? by Jonas Eliasson (URL)
7 May: Guest lecture
Dr. Antonin Danalet: SBB-CFF
- There is no lab session this week.
14 May
No course this week
21 May: Logistics / cost benefit analysis
- Logistics (File)
- Cost-benefit analysis (File)
- Video recording of the lecture (URL)
- Example of exam (File)
28 May - Exam
- Following EPFL guidelines, an in-person exam will take place the last week of the semester. The exam will last 120 minutes, from 14:15-16:15.
- Only students who comply with the current EPFL guidelines can take the exam.
- This exam will count for 100% of the mark.
- The exam is in English.
- The exam will include questions related to the course and exercises.
- You are allowed to have a 4-page (8-sided) handwritten summary. While there's no restriction on the content of the summary, it must be handwritten. Abstracts not handwritten are inadmissible and will be removed.
- The summary must be personal and clearly show your name and the date of the exam.
- The summary will be collected at the end of the exam.
- Creating an abstract on an iPad and then printing it is acceptable, provided it is handwritten.
- No electronic equipment (calculator, smartphone, computer, smart watch, etc.) is allowed during the exam.
- It is a multiple-choice questions exam. If there are n possibilities of which one is correct, the number of points is equal to 1.5 if the answer is correct, 0 if no answer is given, 0 if more than one answer is given, -0.5 if the answer given is incorrect.
- The total score (100%) will be reduced to a score out of 6 using the following criteria:
| From (included) | To (excluded) | Grade |
| 0% | 3.75% | 1.00/6 |
| 3.75% | 7.5% | 1.25/6 |
| 7.5% | 11.25% | 1.50/6 |
| 11.25% | 15% | 1.75/6 |
| 15% | 21.25% | 2.00/6 |
| 21.25% | 27.5% | 2.25/6 |
| 27.5% | 33.75% | 2.50/6 |
| 33.75% | 40% | 2.75/6 |
| 40% | 45% | 3.00/6 |
| 45% | 50% | 3.25/6 |
| 50% | 55% | 3.50/6 |
| 55% | 60% | 3.75/6 |
| 60% | 63.75% | 4.00/6 |
| 63.75% | 67.5% | 4.25/6 |
| 67.5% | 71.25% | 4.50/6 |
| 71.25% | 75% | 4.75/6 |
| 75% | 78.75% | 5.00/6 |
| 78.75% | 82.5% | 5.25/6 |
| 82.5% | 86.25% | 5.50/6 |
| 86.25% | 90% | 5.75/6 |
| 90% | 100% | 6.00/6 |
Project (extra credit)
This section is reserved for the students who require extra credit. The assessment is a graded report on a given topic, to be submitted per student. To find out which project is assigned to you, please check the Participants tab.